Date:         Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:08:45 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
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> I thought the one eye trick just might work until I read this
post. One
> exception - Sunglasses at night? This would seem to reduce
visibility of
> everything else that is outside of a headlight path.

one thing i found to be very helpful ... a strip of dark tint
across the top of the windshield. about 8" worth, of the same
stuff on the windows. you have to do it in two pieces that match
up behind the rearview mirror, though .. the windshield curves in
two directions and a single strip wrinkles up. :(

but the trick is to have it just low enough (from the top of the
windshield) so you can raise your head and straighten up a bit
and have the oncoming idiot driver's headlights move up into the
tint. sort of like sunglasses. ;)  it also helps a lot when
driving into the sun ... especially early morning or late
afternoon.

it's better to put a bit more than you think at first, then you
can trim it later with a razor blade and a straightedge.  it's
also a really good idea to cut the tint on the OUTside of the
bus, to fit the curve of the windshield ... it just makes it
easier to fit it when you go inside.

yeah, it's still legal. at least in my state. cause all these
little pocket-rocket hondas and toyotas and those dufus big
pickup trucks are running around with their names or some slogan
on their tint at the top of the windshield. :)

unca joel